Embarrassing car ownership

[GTIfarmer]

Conversation with my 12 year old daughter yesterday got me thinking….and doesn’t end well. BUT MAY SAVE ME £50k.

I have had about 30 cars over the last 25 years good mixture new / old /quirky from £500-£60k.( some even rented)

Enjoyed owning Morgan’s , Porsche’s , GTI’s, Fast Fords and even a couple of pickup trucks.

I am currently enjoying my cheap Fiesta ST (Pseudo track car) I thought it a little silly to have expensive metal on the driveway when I only drive to take my daughter to school as I WFH.

Daughter piped up saying that ST is embarrassing (Molten Orange) and looks like I trying to be a 20 year old and pretty tragic and we then went onto talk about all the other cars I owned…. And I must admit she was right mostly!, as they are not the typical family school run weapons I had over the years.
Cars such as :
Morgan 3 Wheeler Tragic
Porsche 997 Tragic
Porsche Cayman Tragic
Morgan V6 Tragic
Ford Ranger Cool
Mini Cooper diesel cool?
Corrado VR6 Storm Tragic
GT86 Tragic
L200 cool
Fortunately Tesla’s very uncool

(For balance my wife always has a Golfs)

Anyway this went on for a while and the takeaway is I do buy cars that I think I will enjoy but after a while something can happen and then we get buyers remorse… rinse repeat…all good.

We then went onto talk about friends parents cars and what her and her friends perceptions are typical private school car park full of Tesla’s/Range Rovers, X3/5/6 get the picture then the other end (old money) 20 year old Volvos/ Defenders etc..

She mentioned the one she like the most in the car park and who owns it….i was astounded (I happen to know they are old money and do actually like in a castle). Dacia Duster in white.

That’s it the Macan GTS I was looking at ordering may now be a Dacia Duster as thats cool and the Macan isn’t and who doesn’t want to be a cool dad.

Dacia is the new cool in the school car park..is she winding me up??

[Mr E]

Buy the car that does what you want and that you like the most.

Who gives a st what anybody else thinks?

[Meeten-5dulx]

You want to be cool for the school run and buy a Duster?

The worlds gone mad…..

[LargeRed]

Dacia Dusters are made of 'run-out parts' formally used on very old Renaults.

[LargeRed]

PS you need to change your kids school.

[Tasmin200]

I'd tell her to get the bus to school if she's so embarrassed.

[coldel]

Meeten-5dulx said:

You want to be cool for the school run and buy a Duster?

The worlds gone mad…..

Agreed. Got to be a wind up post as none of it makes any sense at all

[anonymous-user]

Can I direct the OP to (old) Top Gear's Cool Wall, feature which explained why supercars and sportscars are often deeply uncool, because they are so often associated with middle aged or slightly elderly men going through some form of existential crisis.

Personally its been years since I last cared whether people though I was cool or not so it has never really been a deciding factor in what sort of car I choose to buy. A B road weapon like an ST or those new Yarises (Yari?) sounds like fun to me.

[Tyre Smoke]

Car buying decision based on his 12yo daughter's point of view?

And I wonder why there are so many entitled little idiots about!

[timbo999]

LargeRed said:

Dacia Dusters are made of 'run-out parts' formally used on very old Renaults.

Garbage. They are based on current Renault platforms.

[Om]

OP. I think it is time for a TVR. In purple. And loud. If you are going tragic, go full TRAGIC!

[Cascade360]

Om said:

OP. I think it is time for a TVR. In purple. And loud. If you are going tragic, go full TRAGIC!

I'm offended. I think I'd be the coolest father in the car park.





OP - you need to find a really grim state school to send your kid school. Then it'd be easier to stand out with your expensive cars.

[KomodoWagon]

It doesn't matter what you drive because she's 12 and you're her dad.

It will be 100x worse when she's 14.

I recommend reading Get Out of My Life But First Take Me and Alex Into Town by Suzanne Franks and Tony Wolf.

[coldel]

Recommend buying your daughter a bike

[pb8g09]

What a bizarre post.

Presumably your 12 year old tells you how to dress, where to go out to eat and drink and also what language is 'hip'?

My other half loves a VW Beetle. Does that mean I'm going to buy one to please her?.. Does it f*ck...

[Jasandjules]

You buy and drive the car you want. That is the end of the matter.

[sandman77]

Just wait till she finds out you refer to your cars as weapons.

[jonwm]

My kids are a bit younger, but they prefer my 04' Cooper S to any other car I've had of the last 5 years, they love Tesla's and Lambos as that what the youtubers have apparently (Spy Ninjas or something like that)

[23.7]

It ain't what you wear it's the way that you wear it.

Most SUVs are pretty uncool, except the Dacia, cool AF.

Edited by 23.7 on Friday 13th August 16:44

[23.7]

Cascade360 said:

Om said:

OP. I think it is time for a TVR. In purple. And loud. If you are going tragic, go full TRAGIC!

I'm offended. I think I'd be the coolest father in the car park.





OP - you need to find a really grim state school to send your kid school. Then it'd be easier to stand out with your expensive cars.

If driven by Kaleb, but probably the tractor would be better.